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| December 2, 2013
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Poll: Which country suffers most in ‘Suffering index’ – Not Israel!

 

 

Gallup poll released the results of a survey measuring suffering worldwide: Bulgaria takes dubious 1st place 3rd time in row.

How miserable are Americans, Israelis or even Iranians?

By Ynet

Despite the great affection for complaining and occasional self-loathing, Israel still ranks quite high on surveys measuring happiness and optimism. A Gallup survey released Monday, which purports to measure global suffering, ranks Israel in a low and encouraging spot: Only 4% of Israelis who responded to the organization’s questions were defined as people whose lives causes them misery.

sadness illustrated – Photo Courtesy

Bulgaria takes the dubious first place for the third year in a row, with 39% of the respondents defined as “suffering”. Continue Reading »

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| November 30, 2013
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Discovered Jerusalem of gold treasure then hidden

Archaeologist Eilat Mazar uncovered the golden treasure 7 months ago but kept it secret to prevent the site from being looted.

Now, 7 months later, Mazar recalls the 1st moments when she discovered the gold medallion, emblazoned with a menorah.

By Nadav Shragai

 

 

When the Hasmoneans returned to the Temple only to discover that the golden menorah was stolen by the Greeks, they quickly put together a makeshift candelabrum with seven lamps using scraps of iron. They lit the menorah using pure oil, according to the story as it is written in the Book of Maccabees.

Timeless beauty. Mazar poses with the millenia-old necklace – Photo: Urieh Tadmor

On the eve of Hanukkah in the year 5774 (2013), many generations after the drama which yielded the Festival of Lights unfolded some 2,150 years ago, Dr.

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| November 26, 2013
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Israeli Scientists Find New Treatment For Brain Damage

Tel Aviv University researchers discovered hyperbaric oxygen treatment can greatly increase a subject’s cognitive ability.

By Tova Dvorin

 

Israeli researchers have found a revolutionary way to treat brain damage, Business Standard reports.

Tel Aviv University (TAU) researchers and staff at the Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center in Tzrifin have found that high levels of oxygen in a pressurized atmosphere can significantly improve chronic brain damage.

After treatment, patients who sustained brain injuries from 20 years ago improved their cognitive and physical responses following the treatment, the study concludes.

Doctors worldwide treat brain injuries with physical rehabilitation, but its effects have been limited partly because the window of opportunity to repair the brain damage after the injury is short. Continue Reading »

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| November 22, 2013
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Wine cellar that dates back to 1700 B.C.E. discovered in Northern Israel

The discovery confirms how sophisticated wines were 3,700 years ago. Wine cellar was where the Canaanites kept ‘the good stuff’.

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Scientists have uncovered a 3,700-year-old wine cellar in the ruins of a Canaanite palace in Israel, and chemical analysis shows this is where they kept the good stuff.

The ruins of a recently discovered wine cellar in a Canaanite palace

The ruins of a recently discovered wine cellar in a Canaanite palace that dates back to approximately 1700 B.C.E., near the modern town of Nahariya in northern Israel. – Photo: AP

Samples from the ceramic jars suggest they held a luxurious beverage that was evidently reserved for banquets, researchers said.

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| November 22, 2013
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Knesset Member Moshe Feiglin: Cool on Palestinians but, Hot for Pot

MK Feiglin’s support for liberalizing the marijuana laws in Israel derives, in part, from personal considerations. His wife suffers from Parkinson’s disease & uses cannabis to alleviate her symptoms.

By Ben Sales

 

TEL AVIV (JTA) — On the bustling bourgeois avenue of Ibn Gvirol, beneath a portico and next to a high-end hair salon, it smells like college.

An Israeli medical marijuana patient getting help inhaling the drug. (Tikun Olam)

An Israeli medical marijuana patient getting help inhaling the drug. – Photo: Tikun Olam

Aside from a small green sign, the clinic is unidentifiable, its one window blocked with a sheet and covered with chains. A single metal door is guarded by a man with a large knit yarmulke, ritual fringes and a holster hanging below his belt.

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| November 22, 2013
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Remembering John F. Kennedy

The city of Dallas, Texas observes the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination with it’s 1st official commemorative ceremony.

By REUTERS

 

DALLAS- Dallas will observe the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on Friday with its first official ceremony to mark the event seen as the darkest day in the city’s history.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly known as "Jack" or by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States,

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly known as “Jack” or by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States.

Kennedy will be remembered with prayers, a speech by Mayor Mike Rawlings and military jets flying over the city’s Dealey Plaza, where Kennedy was shot. Continue Reading »

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| November 20, 2013
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Iron Age altar discovered at Shiloh

Archaeologists discover an altar from the Israelite era at Tel Shiloh.

Certain scholars suggest that sacrifices continued at Shiloh after the First Temple was built. The discovery bolsters the Biblical account that Shiloh was a religious center.

By Efrat Forsher

For decades archaeologists have been searching for evidence to support the hypothesis that Shiloh served as a religious center in ancient times.

Grounds for belief: Archeologist believe that this altar was used by ancient Israelites – Photo: Ancient Shiloh

Now, a stone altar dated to the Iron Age, in other words, the period of Israelite kings, was accidentally exposed during a dig conducted by an archaeological staff officer of the Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria.

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| November 20, 2013
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Israel’s ‘Magic Wand’ ground-to-air missile interceptor passes crucial new test

Israeli interceptor Magic Wand was successfully tested.

Israel’s Defense Ministry says system ‘provides confidence in future Israeli capabilities to defeat developing ballistic missile threat’.

By Yoav Zitun

A new Israeli interceptor being developed in partnership with the United States to counter missiles held by Syria and Lebanon‘s Iranian-backed Hezbollah passed its second live trial on Wednesday, officials said.

Previous Magic Wand trial - Photo Courtesy of Defense Ministry

Previous Magic Wand trial – Photo Courtesy of Defense Ministry

Magic Wand, which Israeli officials say could be ready for deployment next year after being rushed through production, is designed to shoot down missiles with ranges of between 100 km and 200 km (63 miles and 125 miles). Continue Reading »

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| November 20, 2013
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Israeli Researchers Announce Revolutionary Alternative Fuel

A research team at Israel’s Ben Gurion University in the Negev, have come up with an alternative fuel, made from water & carbon dioxide.

By Avner Meyrav, NoCamels

 

 

With oil supplies around the world  fast depleting, researchers around the world have been trying to find an alternative that could sustain the energy needs of mankind. A team at Israel’s Ben Gurion University may have come up with an alternative fuel, made from water and carbon dioxide.

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Zalman Aranne Central Library, Ben Gurion University – Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

Unlike other fuel alternatives available today, the “green feed” created at BGU has a significant advantage: it can be turned into fuel using existing oil refining methods and delivered to gas stations using existing infrastructure. Continue Reading »

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| November 20, 2013
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New Eardoc Device Stops Earache in Seconds

A new Israeli device called The EarDoc can improve the quality of life for sufferers of earaches.

 

For years, eleven-year-old Lee Jorbin suffered with chronic, painful earache. Recently, she began using a new Israeli device, the Eardoc, which releases air and fluids trapped inside the ear, rapidly curing inflammation.
EarDoc
All her life, eleven-year-old Lee Jorbinsuffered from earache. “In summer”, remembers her mother Danit, “it was because she went swimming. In winter, colds and viruses brought it on. It was a kind of ritual.Every few weeks an earache erupted and Lee would stop normal activities, including school, and lie at home in pain, waiting for the storm to blow over”. Continue Reading »

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| November 18, 2013
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Israeli Camara-Pill to Replace Dreaded Colonoscopy

Set to replace colonoscopies with ‘PillCam’ technology, an Israeli company has received FDA approval & also just entered the Japanese market.

By Ari Yashar

 

In August Given Imaging, an Israeli medical technology company, received FDA approval for their Pill Cam SB3 which will potentially replace colonoscopies in screening for colorectal cancer.

Screenshot of PillCam SB 3 Animation clip

Screenshot of PillCam SB 3 Animation clip

Furthermore, the company announced Monday that Japan’s Central Social Insurance Medical Council has approved reimbursement for Given Imaging’s PillCam COLON, according to The Wall Street Journal.

While men and women over 50 are advised to have a colonoscopy every 10 years, No Camels – Israel Innovation News notes that some studies show 50% of Americans over 50 forgo the procedure due to its uncomfortable nature.  Continue Reading »

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| November 17, 2013
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Galilee’s Bio-Agritech firm promises 25% added growth in crop yields

Kaiima Bio-Agritech, located just outside of Tiberius in Israel’s Galilee will sow its 1st commercial seeds within 3 years, boasting a potential 25% improvement in yields for wheat, rice & corn through a process known as genome doubling.

By Reuters

 

Kaiima Bio-Agritech, a Galilee-based enterprise that aims to boost global crop yields without the aid of genetic modification, says it will sow its first commercial seeds within three years.

A wheat farm.

A wheat farm. – Photo: Bloomberg

Based at Moshav Sarona near Tiberias, the seed technology firm says it has developed a way to greatly speed up the multiplication of the genome of crops – known as genome doubling – without changing their DNA or genetic fingerprint.

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| November 14, 2013
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Israeli Study: Cannabis provides relief and could stall Crohn’s disease

A Tel Aviv University-Meir Medical Center study on 21 patients shows that marijuana could bode well for treatment of Crohn’s Disease, which affects intestines.

Some patients report disease going into remission after use of cannabis.

By Meital Yasur Beit-Or

 

Medicinal use of cannabis could help battle Crohn’s Disease, a new study shows. The study was conducted by Tel Aviv University and the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba.

Experts have high hopes that marijuana can cure Crohn’s disease     Photo: Reuters

According to the Israeli scientists who compiled the study, patients who have smoked the drug noted a significant relief in their symptoms.

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| November 12, 2013
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Israel invited as 1st non-EU member to nuclear research group CERN

Israeli nuclear scientists optimistic CERN, which proved the existence of the ‘God particle,’ will ultimately vote them in despite EU restrictions against Israel.

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The Star of David could join the 20 other flags of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, if the organization that runs the world’s largest particle physics lab votes Israel in.

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The magnet core of the world’s largest superconducting solenoid magnet at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator. – Photo: AP

CERN’s governing council, made up of representatives from each member nation, meets on December 12. Continue Reading »

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| November 7, 2013
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation to activate underused neural connections.

With electromagnetics & metal caps, 2 Israeli companies aim to treat 10 diseases or disorders, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s & autism.

 

JERUSALEM (JTA) — It looks like a futuristic salon hair dryer.

Connected to a computer by a bright orange strip, the half-cube with rounded corners sits comfortably atop the head, a coil of wires resting on the skull.

The Israeli company Neuronix uses electromagnetic pulses to treat Alzheimer’s patients. (Neuronix)

The Israeli company Neuronix uses electromagnetic pulses to treat Alzheimer’s patients. (Neuronix)

As a doctor stands at the computer, the patient gets comfortable. A few seconds later, a brief electromagnetic pulse hits the head.

Do this every weekday for six weeks, doctors tell Alzheimer’s patients, and you’ll feel your brain come back to life. Continue Reading »

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